History

The LSU College of the Coast and Environment (CC&E), formerly called the School of
the Coast and Environment (SC&E), was founded in 2001. The College replaced the Center
for Coastal, Energy, and Environmental Resources (CCEER) which was established in
1991. That center represented the consolidation of the Department of Marine Science,
Institute of Environmental Studies (IES), Wetland Biogeochemistry Institute (WBI),
Coastal Ecology Institute (CEI), Coastal Fisheries Institute (CFI), and Coastal Studies
Institute (CSI).

CC&E moved into one of LSU’s newest facilities, the Energy, Coast & Environment Building
in 2003. The building features 231 offices, 81 state of the art research laboratories,
a 200-seat auditorium, small and large multipurpose conference facilities, and a new interactive
media center/classroom.

In 2008, the College started offering an undergraduate degree in Coastal Environmental
Science. The undergraduate degree offers three areas of concentration to better address
the career objectives of students: Applied Coastal Environmental Science (ACES), Environmental
Science and Research (ESR) and Environmental Health Sciences (ENVH). Members of the
College’s interdisciplinary and award-winning faculty teach more than 50 undergraduate
and graduate classes.